This plugin and free service synchronizes your bookmarks (and site passwords if you want) between your browsers and computers. Xmarks (formerly FoxMarks) has plugins for Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer.

You can even set it to only sync certain bookmarks to certain computers.

Finances and Invoicing

One of the least exciting and most dreaded parts of being a freelancer is managing finances. These next 2 services help you spend the least amount of time dealing with billing, invoicing and general finances.

Mint is a free service that lets you track checking, savings and other financial accounts and assets for your business. It provides an easy way to keep track of your spending, and reports can be emailed to you weekly.

Communication and Project Management

Freelancers often need to communicate and manage projects easily and while on the go.

Collabtive provides messaging and instant messaging, file management, time-tracking, iCal syncing, can import Basecamp files and is available in over 25 languages.

Programs and Working With Filetypes

9. OpenItOnline (Open and edit files online without having the program installed)

With OpenItOnline, you don’t have to have a bunch of proprietary programs and applications installed on the computer you’re using in order to view and edit files. No more having to have Microsoft Office installed just because a client sends you a .doc file.

Open and edit documents, spreadsheets, presentations and images within your browser with OpenItOnline.

There are even extensions for Firefox, Flock and Internet Explorer.

10. PortableApps (Carry all your programs with you on your thumbdrive)

PortableApps lets you install and run portable versions of programs from a thumbdrive—giving you access to your programs no matter what computer you’re using.

If you need more than just simple image resizing and color correction, Sumo Paint steps up to handle the job.

Sumo Paint 1.1 is almost like using Photoshop. The only differences: it’s free, and it runs in your web browser.

Sumo lets you import images from your computer or a URL, or you can create a whole new image from scratch.

You have all the basic tools found in Photoshop: you can create layers (with blending modes and layer effects), typography control (leading, tracking), and much, much more. In fact, if you’re familiar with Photoshop, you’ll be using Sumo like a pro in no time.

Your resulting work can be saved to your computer, emailed or saved to your Sumo account if you’ve signed up for one.

There are many things you can do with and to images, just like you can with Sumo, so we won’t go into much detail here. For more details about Pixlr, take a look at our previous post about Photoshop alternatives.

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